Book du jour

It's a clamshell - made the empirical way (ie, try it and see if it works). I learned a lot, especially about measuring, checking, trimming, measuring again, starting over ...

I cut two sets of pieces, hoping to use the second set as templates for further clamshells. The material is mountboard and the glue is fast-drying PVA/paste combination.

Close examination of a photo archive box gave me some pointers, and by this stage the worst was over in terms of figuring what to glue down first and what that meant for cutting the bookcloth -

An empty box - not perfect, but presentable -

Now to figure out what to put in it - something 3D - it's a nice cosy place for all sorts of shenanigans, especially when the covers are closed and no-one's looking....